Name

rsh — command

Synopsis

rsh host [/user username] command-to-execute

Description

This command executes a command on a remote host via a remote shell.

host

The hostname of the machine on which to execute the command.

/user username

The username to use when executing the command.

command-to-execute

The command to be executed.

Example

The following command executes the command ls on a machine named sun-machine as user bob.

rsh sun-machine /user bob ls

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